Antonyms for lift

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : lift

Phonetic Transcription : lɪft

Definition of lift

Origin : c.1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cf. Middle Low German lüchten, Dutch lichten, German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted; lifting.

noun transportation
noun help, aid
verb move upwards; ascend
verb repeal, revoke
verb steal
verb promote, improve

Example sentences :

She put out both arms as if to lift the young girl, and carry her away.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Lift up your sweet face, my best child, my own Clarissa Harlowe!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Mrs. Roberts, it was just that which she wanted to do,—lift them up.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Mechanically, you raise your hand to lift away your optimistic spectacles.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

Here I am, and here I bide, while God gives me strength to lift a sword.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I am writing this on the bureau, so that when I lift my eyes I may see It.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He only awoke when the driver took hold of him to lift him down.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

I suspect that she dared not lift her head for fear I might see the laughter in her eyes.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

But lift the whole problem out of the realm of books as such!
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

There was something that is supposed to be the prerogative of royalty in the lift of it.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Synonyms for lift

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